Kotula and Rutkin Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that Michael A. Kotula and Alan S. Rutkin have been named to the Who’s Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance 2022 directory. They are among the only 769 attorneys from around the world to be recognized in this prestigious publication.

Kotula is a partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage practice. He has spent more than 30 years handling complex litigation involving asbestos, environmental pollution, health hazards, toxic tort, product liability, lead paint, personal and advertising injury, construction accident and defect, sexual abuse, financial services and other insurance coverage claims. The Legal 500 recommends Michael in the insurance: advice to insurers category. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law, Super Lawyers in Metro New York in Insurance Coverage, and a Top-Rated Lawyer in Insurance Law by American Lawyer Media. He has earned the AV Preeminent^TM rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating, for over 15 years.

Rutkin has been included in the directory every year since 2018. He is a partner in the Insurance Coverage and Privacy, Data & Cyber Law practice groups. He handles every aspect of insurance coverage law, successfully resolving more than 100 major claims involving the environment, energy, policyholder-owned insurers, and other complex issues. He also writes insurance policies. Alan has been named to Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law in 2022. The 2020 and 2021 editions of the well-respected Legal 500 recommended Alan in the insurance: advice to insurers category. He has earned the AV Preeminent^TM rating from Martindale-Hubbell and was named a Metro New York Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage eleven times between 2007 and 2021. He was also named the 2018 recipient for the John Alan Appleman Award from the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC).

London-based Who’s Who Legal has since 1996 has identified the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law. It is impossible to buy entry into the publication. The research process is conducted using proprietary digital and in-person qualitative techniques, with 5,000 interviews with leading practitioners occurring annually. More than 250,000 third-party recommendations are gathered each year.